Chauncey L Shelden

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1818–1842

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Shelden80

Opponents30,858

Elections run

Between 1818 and 1842, Chauncey L Shelden ran in 2 U.S. House elections, losing all 2. Shelden's biggest single-election total was 79 votes, in the 1842 U.S. House election in New York's District 12.

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How many votes has Chauncey L Shelden received?

Chauncey L Shelden has received 80 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–2.

Election history

Chauncey L Shelden’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1842	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	790.73%	David Seymour George H Stevenson
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Richmond Edward C Baker Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller David A Howell Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton John Spencer Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus A H Pickets Gideon Granger Wadsworth Lithgow Osborne Oliver Phelps Robert A Osborn Payne Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery William H Douglass Hill Alva Carpenter William D Stewart Robinson J Q Leak Porter Wm Filbe Amasa J Parker Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden Joel Dorman Thomas Hustler Smith Jonathan Child Louis W Elliott Wagener Jacob Steeples Myr Hody Israel Chapin Jonah Hallet Jenkins George McGunigher Daniel Cruger Thomas H Jackson Dunkirk Garnsey Amos J Cummings Josiah Churchill Wilhemus Myndrees Benjamin F Lewis William Carwell

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.